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Coopersville Area Public School District

Coopersville, Michigan · Superintendent: Matthew Spencer · #156 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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2,487

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,558

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Coopersville Area Public School District is a public school district based in Coopersville, Michigan, serving 2,487 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #156 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 51% of them. Its schools average 414 students each, about the same as the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Matthew Spencer. It spends about $11,558 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.6 students per teacher.

How Coopersville Area compares

Coopersville AreaMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,558

Michigan median $11,576 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,346

Michigan median $7,157 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school414

Michigan median 421 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.6

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor622

Michigan median 585 · 6% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$50.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 73%Local 22%

Measure	Coopersville Area	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,558	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,346	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$35.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$50.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	150	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	365	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.6	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	622	585	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Michigan median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Matthew Spencer

Superintendent, Coopersville Area Public School District

Source: Michigan CEPI Educational Entity Master, checked 2026-10-04. Report a change

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Peer districts in Michigan

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Clio Area School DistrictClio	2,491	6	$10,737	20.9	#154
Huron School DistrictNew Boston	2,489	8	$11,927	16.6	#155
Coopersville Area Public School DistrictCoopersville · this district	2,487	6	$11,558	16.6	#156
Hastings Area School DistrictHastings	2,481	6	$10,074	16.5	#157
St. Johns Public SchoolsSaint Johns	2,458	7	$10,433	17.3	#158

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
MSD Steuben CountyAngola, IN	2,492	$10,472	13.6
Cleburne CountyHeflin, AL	2,490	$10,170	17.2
East GreenwichEast Greenwich, RI	2,490	$16,665	13.0
Rockbridge County Public SchoolsLexington, VA	2,488	$12,582	11.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mi-coopersville-area-public-school-district